Election letters

Please vote yes on the upcoming Kennewick School District bond election Feb. 10. As a young parent concerned about my children’s education, KSD has earned my vote by showing excellent bond stewardship. The last bond passed by voters in 2009 for $68 million completed all projects on time and under...

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We urge our fellow citizens, parents, and employees in the Kennewick School District to mail in their ballots in support of the current bond election. Although the facts and details are available on the Kennewick School District website at ksd.org, one just needs to drive past Desert Hills Middle...

The reason I am voting “no” on this proposition one is a matter of principle. I am a fan of universal vouchers for education, and will not support more public infrastructure until a voucher program is initiated. I am in favor of vouchers, not tax credits. My plan for vouchers, however...

I continue to be fortunate to work in the same elementary school in Kennewick that my grandson now attends as a first-grade student. His little sister will also be there in kindergarten next fall! I am always excited to watch each of them and their friends grow academically each day! Thank you for...

My school, Desert Hills Middle School, was originally designed to hold 700 students, but is now housing well over 980 students. Even with 10 portables, there still are teachers without their own classroom. Some of the classrooms have been divided in half, leaving teacher and students in half of ...

Columbia School District voters have the opportunity to renew the maintenance and operations levy and the technology levy. Both levies aren’t new taxes, but the renewal of existing taxes that already in place. The renewal of these levies will continue the high educational standards we have...

Vote yes for the Kennewick School Bond! Why? Because schools are overcrowded. When I was at Desert Hills, I had classes out in the portables and they are not the best place to receive an education. They are uncomfortable, crowded, you have to walk outside to get to them in all weather conditions...

Education is the key to a better life and every community wants to have good schools. However, the Kennewick School Districts $89 million dollar wish list makes the school board members seem like little children at Christmas time who imagine that the district’s property tax payers are Santa...

As a teacher of Kennewick School District, a resident of Burbank, a parent, a grandparent and a citizen, I can’t imagine not supporting education with my time and my money. Whether it is a bond, which helps build and improve facilities; or a levy, which funds basic maintenance and operations...